Performant Translations
Description
Optimize internationalization and localization in WordPress for faster performance. This plugin enhances speed by converting translation files.
Attention: most functionality of this plugin has been merged into WordPress 6.5! You might not need it anymore.
However, this plugin is still relevant for cases where language packs are not downloaded from WordPress.org but somewhere else, for example if you are developing your own plugins or using commercial plugins.
The Performant Translations plugin converts the translation files of those plugins to the new file format introduced in WordPress 6.5, to really optimize them for speed.
This project uses a new approach to handle translation files in WordPress, making localization blazing fast.
An in-depth i18n performance analysis showed that localized WordPress sites load significantly slower than a site without translations.
With this plugin's new approach to localization, this overhead is massively reduced, making your site fast again. It does so by converting .mo translation files to .php files.
If your site is using a language other than English (US), you should see immediate speed improvements simply by activating this plugin.
Other Notable Features
Here are a few other notable features of this free Performant Translations plugin.
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FAQ
By converting .mo files to .php files, the translations can be parsed much faster.
Plus, .php files can be stored in the so-called OPcache, which provides an additional speed boost.
Contributors and developers
“Performant Translations” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
1.2.0 –
WPS
7.35
Very Good
Ratings
4.9 out of 5 | 16
Version
1.2.0
Last updated
4 months ago
Active installations
40,000+
WordPress version
6.9.4 or higher
PHP version
7.0 or higher
Languages
28Tags
I18n,Internationalization,Localization,Performance,TranslationOther plugins you might like
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